Yasuaki Shimizu commences on his Fall European Tour (second this year) with support from Ray Kunimoto.
This tour also marks Yasuaki’s first performance in Berlin at the famed Funkhaus – a brilliant place to see a brilliant performance.
We hope you can make it to some of these shows!
Also, this November will see small represses of his classic albums – Yasuaki’s 1982 album ‘Kakashi,’ and his group Mariah’s breakout ‘Utakata No Hibi.’
You should look to them to be in stores for the holiday season.
Thrilled to bring our first release (I know!) of 2018 – R. Girardin’s Emotional Music, out in collaboration with LA based label Zero Grow (label head Elon Katz, who is behind some of our favorite projects – Streetwalker/White Car and is a great artist in his own right).
R. Girardin is a fantastic release, full of accessible synth miniatures, with great artwork to boot. You can purchase the LP from our webshop and at paltoflats.bandcamp.com (or zerogrow.com), and copies are available through fine shops and Rush Hour in the EU.
Read an interview / premiere with R. Girardin at Noisey:
https://noisey.vice.com/en_uk/article/qvnq8x/r-girardin-emotional-music-stream-interview
Stay tuned for more news on the release – we’re really excited to be working with Girardin and Zero Grow on this ~
Fresh on the heels of her first US Tour, Midori Takada sat down with the New York Times. Read the article by Andy Beta here: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/21/arts/music/midori-takada-through-the-looking-glass.html
We were honored to have had her play in Los Angeles, Chicago, Durham, and New York. Please direct any inquiries for future dates to us or Ground Control.
Palto Flats and Joe Williams (Motion Graphics) are pleased to present an evening celebrating the work of composer Yasuaki Shimizu on Thursday, April 26 at Magick City in Greenpoint, and a belated celebration to the release of our reissue of Shimizu’s classic album ‘Kakashi.’
The evening will begin with a very rare screening of two films Mr. Shimizu scored, presented for the first time from a digital transfer from laserdisc, titled ‘Pace’ (1990) and ‘Watching People’ (1989), directed by Hiroyuki Nakano. The films are fascinating visual / auditory artifacts from a period of deep experimentation, filled with vibrant images and masterfully enriched by Shimizu’s soundtrack.
Immediately following the screening, Palto Flats (Jacob Gorchov) and Joe Williams will play a selection of music from his expansive career as a pop, experimental & classical musician, composer, and producer. Following that tunes will be played by Bookworms (Nicholas Dawson) to close the night.
We will have limited copies of Kakashi on CD/Vinyl available at the screening. Please be sure also to visit the shop section where you can order the repress of Mariah – Utakata No Hibi and Yasuaki Shimizu’s Kakashi.
https://withfriends.co/event/261747/yasuaki_shimizu_screening_and_party
We’re excited to announce that Midori Takada will be undertaking her first ever US tour in May, playing shows in Los Angeles, Chicago, Durham (Moogfest), and New York.
All tickets for announced shows are live – links to purchase below:
May 12: Getty Center, LA
http://www.getty.edu/visit/cal/events/ev_2126.html
May 14: Art Institute of Chicago
https://sales.artic.edu/Events/Event/15325?date=5/14/2018
May 17: Moogfest, NC (Georgia will also be performing at this year’s Moogfest, on May 19)
https://www.moogfest.com/
May 23: Murmrr Theatre, NYC (w/ support from Huerco S)
https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1636759
Her recent dates in Europe have sold out, so please reserve your tickets now if you plan on attending any of these shows!
Palto Flats will be at (and playing) an amazing festival in Belgium September 8-10, put on by kindred spirits Meakusma. Really crazy lineup, including Georgia ‘big band’ (with Sun Araw, Matthew Werth, Geddes Gangres, Kiki Kudo, Blazer Soundsystem, and more). Humbled to be there!
More info/tickets here: http://www.meakusma-festival.be
Two new releases coming in October – news in a couple weeks! We’ll be in Europe all September (Midori Takada is performing with Visible Cloaks at Barbican in London on September 28)
We’re back!
And so is the Brooklyn Flea Record Fair on it’s 10th year anniversary – this Saturday, May 20 at 11am-6pm at East River State Park.
Palto Flats will be there for the first time, selling alongside the fine label Unseen Worlds. We’ll bring lots of goodies, including all in-print Palto Flats releases, and limited stock of our remaining tote bags – some used records as well.
Come hungry! There will be some amazing food from 100+ local vendors at Smorgasburg to fill you up during breaks in browsing, and an area to drink some local wine/beer. Tunes provided throughout including from Palto Flats crew in the afternoon hours. Palto Flats will be djing at 3:30 pm.
We hope to see you there!
The forecast: mostly sunny with a high in the lower 70s.?
Event details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1642966322394055/
Hoping for this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1nJ1Pn_ooc
We’re happy to report that Midori Takada – Through The Looking Glass arrived this past weekend, and it looks/sounds great. If you’ve pre-ordered, we’ll be working on getting your orders out over the next week! We’re thrilled to be able to share it with you – and are looking forward to some interviews/features with Ms. Takada over the coming week.
Palto Flats is also excited to take part in the ‘Come Together – Music Festival and Label Market’ this coming Sunday, March 26 in NYC co-sponsored by Other Music & Moma PS1. It will feature performances, panel discussions, films, workshops, and of course lots of records! We’ll have copies of the Midori Takada LP minty fresh for sale – if you haven’t bought a copy yet, you can get em direct here. We’ll also have some other goodies, including some new Palto totes and all other in stock Palto Flats and affiliated releases, as well as a small selection of used records from Palto Flats’ label guy’s collection. Great stuff guaranteed – you won’t leave empty-handed 🙂
Details for the fair are here (please note the fair itself is free – the workshops, events and more are ticketed): http://momaps1.org/sundaysessions/come-together-music-festival-and-label-market/
Sunday may also be one of your only chances to pick up the limited vinyl-only compilation put out by Vinyl Factory in conjunction with the fair, which Georgia (whose record All Kind Music came out in November) happily contributed to – their exclusive track ‘OJ Clary’ leads off the comp(!) and it also features great artists/labels contributing tracks released on vinyl for the first time, including Visible Cloaks/RVNG, Eric Copeland/DFA, Mary Lattimore/Ghostly International, M.E.S.H./PAN, and more. Copies will be available at the fair on Sunday, and are limited. Of course, all the labels included on the compilation will also have booths at the fair. (label art above)
Details and full tracklisting here: http://thevinylfactory.com/news/come-together-moma-ps1-other-music-compilation/
We hope to see you if you’re in town! Come by and say hello. And thanks for keeping up –
Palto Flats is ecstatic to be partnering with WRWTFWW Records to release Midori Takada’s timeless ambient masterpiece “Through The Looking Glass,” this March, 2017. Known also for her significant work with the Mkwaju Ensemble, this record, Takada’s first as a solo artist, was originally released in 1983 in a limited edition on RCA Japan’s ‘Red Seal’ series. Originally intended as a contemporary classical album, many listeners over the years have discovered it to be a captivating four-song suite, a truly remarkable album that reveals a multitude of depth over countless listens. This reissue, sourced from the original master tapes, features extensive liner notes, and illuminating quotes from Takada on her process in creating the record. Though Palto Flats is only releasing the standard editions, we’re also happy that WRWTFWW is issuing a special audiophile version pressed on two 12″s, cut at 45rpm, as direct transfers from the reel. Both versions will be housed in tip-on jackets, as the original once was some 30+ years ago. Midori continues to perform regularly, and will be touring Europe this Spring in support of the reissue. We hope that you will be able to see her play (plans for North American shows are in the works).
A limited quantity will be available for pre-order soon on this website for US customers. In the meantime, preorders in North America are available here: http://www.forcedexposure.com/Artists/TAKADA.MIDORI.html, and at other fine retailers.
For Europe/World you may order from: http://wrwtfww.com/album/through-the-looking-glass or http://www.wordandsound.de
We hope you’ll join us in celebrating this long awaited release, and Ms. Takada’s wondrous music.
Palto Flats is excited to announce the release of Georgia – All Kind Music, due out this month. All Kind Music sees the NYC duo (Brian Close and Justin Tripp) return for their third full length: ECM-era Don Cherry global jazz meets contemporary electronic avant-garde,with a slew of guests and collaborators. Georgia will be producing videos to coincide with this release which we look forward to sharing with you!
Info and sounds in the release page.
